Allendale township, Ottawa County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (61% naturalized citizens)
| Allendale township: | 3.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
57% of Allendale township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 39% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 58% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3784
- Northeast: 1239
- Midwest: 271
- South: 193
- West: 44
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $58,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
People in group quarters in Allendale township, Michigan:
- 2,969 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 57 people in nursing homes
- 6 people in other group homes
- 5 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,584
- One, attached: 166
- Two: 40
- 3 or 4: 63
- 5 to 9: 104
- Mobile homes: 12
Median worth of mobile homes: $414,300
Housing units in Allendale township with a mortgage: 1,133 (175 second mortgage, 128 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 314
- Construction (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Health care (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Computer specialists (6%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Allendale township:
- Irish (19.0%)
- German (18.0%)
- Italian (15.8%)
- United States or American (7.9%)
- English (6.7%)
- Polish (5.4%)
- Dutch (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (19%)
- Canada (10%)
- Germany (7%)
- Vietnam (6%)
- United Kingdom (5%)
- Netherlands (5%)
- India (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,350 (84%)
- Carpooled: 277 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 32 (1%)
- Walked: 6 (0%)
- Other means: 11 (0%)
- Worked at home: 107 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (65%)
- Electricity (24%)
- Utility gas (5%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Wood (2%)
People in group quarters in Allendale township, Michigan:
- 2,969 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 57 people in nursing homes
- 6 people in other group homes
- 5 people in homes for the mentally ill
91.1% of residents of Allendale township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (39% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 35% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
4.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
2.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (52% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 10% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,276- In family households: 4,777 (1,215 male householders, 288 female householders)
1,300 spouses, 1,776 children (1,644 natural, 40 adopted, 92 stepchildren), 32 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 55 parents, 37 other relatives, 65 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 499 (227 male householders (169 living alone)), 167 female householders (134 living alone)), 105 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 757 (690 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 599 2-persons, 355 3-persons, 329 4-persons, 161 5-persons, 33 6-persons, 26 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 303 1-person, 74 2-persons, 17 3-persons,
2,453 married couples with children.
309 single-parent households (74 men, 235 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 93
| Here: | 12.3% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 69
| Here: | 26.4% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 37
| Here: | 34.9% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |